most interceptions by a defender in all european football

Diego Llorente, Pablo Ibáñez and Jorge Salinas are tied for the most interceptions by a European defender in LaLiga, with 15 interceptions this season.

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  • Assumption:2026-27 season
  • Data note: Interceptions: La Liga · player season data complete from 2014-15
NAMEINTSEASONCLUBRatingMSTARTMINGATKLTKL-WTKL-LMSH-BLKCLRFOULYCRC
1Diego Llorente
D. Llorente
15
2026-27
Real Betis Real Betis
6.78
5
5
375
0
0
5
2
0
0
23
4
2
0
2Pablo Ibáñez
P. Ibáñez
15
2026-27
Alavés Alavés
6.64
10
10
849
1
0
20
9
0
2
13
17
1
0
3Jorge Salinas
J. Salinas
15
2026-27
Racing Racing
6.65
10
9
807
0
1
29
13
0
2
44
11
5
0
4Florian Lejeune
F. Lejeune
14
2026-27
Rayo Rayo
6.11
9
9
810
0
0
20
8
1
5
58
14
1
0
5Pablo Maffeo
P. Maffeo
13
2026-27
Valencia Valencia
6.58
9
7
580
0
0
10
5
1
1
15
9
3
0
6Dean Huijsen
D. Huijsen
13
2026-27
Real Madrid Real Madrid
6.99
8
8
681
0
0
10
5
0
1
49
6
2
1
7Giacomo Quagliata
G. Quagliata
13
2026-27
Deportivo Deportivo
6.87
10
9
817
0
0
6
4
0
0
20
13
2
0
8Víctor Chust
V. Chust
12
2026-27
Elche Elche
6.35
10
10
900
0
1
16
11
1
1
45
6
1
0
9Marcos Alonso
M. Alonso
11
2026-27
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
7.03
8
7
604
0
0
12
10
0
3
38
10
2
1
10César Tárrega
C. Tárrega
11
2026-27
Valencia Valencia
6.75
7
6
510
0
0
11
6
2
3
45
9
1
0
11Jon Martin
J. Martin
11
2026-27
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
6.83
9
8
726
1
1
17
12
0
2
46
12
2
1
12Manu Sánchez
M. Sánchez
11
2026-27
Levante Levante
6.39
10
10
880
0
0
37
24
0
0
29
8
1
0
13Pablo Ramon
P. Ramon
11
2026-27
Racing Racing
6.77
8
7
613
0
0
17
10
2
1
56
4
4
0
14Dávid Hancko
D. Hancko
11
2026-27
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
7.15
10
8
755
0
2
13
7
0
6
41
2
1
0
15Ville Koski
V. Koski
11
2026-27
Alavés Alavés
6.89
10
9
819
1
0
8
5
0
0
63
10
0
0
16Pau Cubarsí
P. Cubarsí
10
2026-27
Barcelona Barcelona
6.71
7
7
601
0
2
9
6
1
1
27
5
1
0
17Adrián de la Fuente
A. de la Fuente
10
2026-27
Levante Levante
6.41
8
8
700
2
0
10
5
0
2
40
7
3
0
18Ximo Navarro
X. Navarro
10
2026-27
Deportivo Deportivo
6.73
8
8
649
0
0
17
11
0
0
32
4
2
0
19Andreas Christensen
A. Christensen
9
2026-27
Barcelona Barcelona
6.76
6
4
402
0
1
2
1
0
2
23
8
0
0
20Héctor Bellerín
H. Bellerín
9
2026-27
Real Betis Real Betis
6.25
9
7
674
0
1
13
10
0
1
15
8
2
0
21Sergio Gómez
S. Gómez
9
2026-27
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
6.85
10
9
789
0
0
16
9
0
0
21
3
1
0
22Catena
Catena
9
2026-27
Osasuna Osasuna
6.70
9
9
810
0
1
8
4
1
0
51
10
2
0
23Andrei Rațiu
A. Rațiu
9
2026-27
Rayo Rayo
6.30
6
6
540
1
0
10
6
1
2
12
4
0
0
24Fran Garcia
F. Garcia
9
2026-27
Real Betis Real Betis
6.39
8
7
662
0
1
22
13
1
0
11
5
1
0
25Gerard Martín
G. Martín
9
2026-27
Barcelona Barcelona
6.79
9
8
662
0
0
6
4
2
0
50
8
1
0
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LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
10
9
0
1
29
27
2
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
10
8
1
1
12
25
3
Real Madrid Real Madrid
10
8
0
2
15
24
4
Real Betis Real Betis
10
6
2
2
2
20
5
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
10
6
1
3
1
19
6
Sevilla Sevilla
10
5
2
3
0
17
7
Alavés Alavés
10
3
3
4
3
12
8
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9
3
3
3
3
12
9
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
10
2
6
2
3
12
10
Villarreal Villarreal
10
3
3
4
1
12
11
Deportivo Deportivo
10
2
5
3
0
11
12
Osasuna Osasuna
10
3
2
5
-10
11
13
Racing Racing
10
3
2
5
-11
11
14
Levante Levante
10
2
4
4
-3
10
15
Elche Elche
10
2
4
4
-3
10
16
Rayo Rayo
9
2
3
4
-8
9
17
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10
2
3
5
-10
9
18
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10
2
2
6
-2
8
19
Valencia Valencia
10
1
3
6
-10
6
20
Málaga Málaga
10
0
5
5
-12
5